PUBLIC NOTICE: Spoofing Phone Calls Using NYP/Queens Main Number

Beginning yesterday, the telephone operators at NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens
have had reports of some people in Queens, and in other parts of the
country, receiving calls requesting personal information – and the main
number for NYP/Queens (718-670-2000) shows up as the caller ID. These
calls are not coming from NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens. If you
have received a suspicious-seeming call from this number and were asked
for personal information, please note:

That call did not come from NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens. The
police and other authorities are
investigating right now. We
think that someone has used
technology to use the hospital’s
phone number and is making these
calls from another
location. However,
no patient information has been
taken, or been compromised.

If you didn’t provide any
personal information to the
caller, you do not have to
worry, but you may want to alert
the police that you got one of
these calls.

If you did provide
personal information to the
caller, such as: your Social
Security Number, any bank
account numbers, credit card
numbers or passwords, we
recommend that you contact your
local police department
immediately. The local
police will help you, as they
are helping the
hospital. You may
also want to contact the three
major credit bureaus and learn
how to have a ‘watch’ put on
your credit report for signs of
any fraudulent activity.